AJPW Reveals All Teams and Match-Ups For Upcoming “REAL WORLD TAG LEAGUE 2026″ Tournament

By: Lewis Carlan 

The All Japan Pro-Wrestling “REAL WORLD TAG LEAGUE 2026” is set to kick off on Nov. 15th at Korakuen Hall to see who will earn the right to challenge for the AJPW World Tag Team Championship which is currently held by Jun & Rei Saito.

This year, there will be twelve teams competing and they will broken into two blocks of six teams each. AJPW has announced all the teams that will be participating in the tournament and which block they have been placed in.

BLOCK A

• Jun Saito & Rei Saito
• Xyon & Oddyssey
• Suwama & Go Shiozaki
• Kento Miyahara & Hyo Ogawa
• Ryuki Honda & Masayuki Kono
• MUSASHI & Seiki Yoshioka

Image Credit: All Japan Pro-Wrestling

BLOCK B

• Ren Ayabe & Talos
• Yuma Aoyagi & Yuma Anzai
• Hideki Suzuki & Timothy Thatcher
• Cal Bloom & Shotaro Ashino
• Daisuke Sekimoto & Kengo Mashimo
• Dan Tamura & Seigo Tachibana

Image Credit: All Japan Pro-Wrestling

All the match-ups for the AJPW “REAL WORLD TAG LEAGUE 2026” are set as opening night is less than a month away. The tournament bouts are as follows courtesy of purolove.com:

11/15/2026 Tokyo Korakuen Hall

• Real World Tag League – Block A Jun Saito & Rei Saito vs. Suwama & Go Shiozaki
• Real World Tag League – Block A: Xyon & Oddyssey vs. Kento Miyahara & Hyo Ogawa
• Real World Tag League – Block B: Ren Ayabe & Talos vs. Daisuke Sekimoto & Kengo Mashimo
• Real World Tag League – Block B: Yuma Aoyagi & Yuma Anzai vs. Hideki Suzuki & Timothy Thatcher

11/21/2026 Shunan Nanyo Fureai Center

• Real World Tag League – Block A: Kento Miyahara & Hyo Ogawa vs. MUSASHI & Seiki Yoshioka
• Real World Tag League – Block B: Cal Bloom & Shotaro Ashino vs. Dan Tamura & Seigo Tachibana
• Real World Tag League – Block B: Hideki Suzuki & Timothy Thatcher vs. Daisuke Sekimoto & Kengo Mashimo

11/22/2026 Fukuoka Island City Forum

• Real World Tag League – Block A: Jun Saito & Rei Saito vs. Ryuki Honda & Masayuki Kono
• Real World Tag League – Block A: Suwama & Go Shiozaki vs. Kento Miyahara & Hyo Ogawa
• Real World Tag League – Block B: Yuma Aoyagi & Yuma Anzai vs. Dan Tamura & Seigo Tachibana
• Real World Tag League – Block B: Ren Ayabe & Talos vs. Hideki Suzuki & Timothy Thatcher

11/23/2026 Okayama Convention Center

• Real World Tag League – Block A: Jun Saito & Rei Saito vs. Xyon & Oddyssey
• Real World Tag League – Block A: Suwama & Go Shiozaki vs. MUSASHI & Seiki Yoshioka
• Real World Tag League – Block B: Cal Bloom & Shotaro Ashino vs. Daisuke Sekimoto & Kengo Mashimo

11/25/2026 Act City Hamamatsu

• Real World Tag League – Block A: Jun Saito & Rei Saito vs. MUSASHI & Seiki Yoshioka
• Real World Tag League – Block A: Xyon & Oddyssey vs. Ryuki Honda & Masayuki Kono
• Real World Tag League – Block B: Yuma Aoyagi & Yuma Anzai vs. Daisuke Sekimoto & Kengo Mashimo

11/26/2026 Kira Messe Numazu

• Real World Tag League – Block A: Suwama & Go Shiozaki vs. Ryuki Honda & Masayuki Kono
• Real World Tag League – Block B: Ren Ayabe & Talos vs. Cal Bloom & Shotaro Ashino
  
• Real World Tag League – Block B: Hideki Suzuki & Timothy Thatcher vs. Dan Tamura & Seigo Tachibana

11/28/2026 Umeda Sky Building Stella Hall

• Real World Tag League – Block A: Kento Miyahara & Hyo Ogawa vs. Ryuki Honda & Masayuki Kono
• Real World Tag League – Block A: Xyon & Oddyssey vs. MUSASHI & Seiki Yoshioka
• Real World Tag League – Block B: Ren Ayabe & Talos vs. Dan Tamura & Seigo Tachibana
• Real World Tag League – Block B: Yuma Aoyagi & Yuma Anzai vs. Cal Bloom & Shotaro Ashino

11/29/2026 Umeda Sky Building Stella Hall

• Real World Tag League – Block A: Jun Saito & Rei Saito vs. Kento Miyahara & Hyo Ogawa
• Real World Tag League – Block A: Xyon & Oddyssey vs. Suwama & Go Shiozaki
• Real World Tag League – Block A: Ryuki Honda & Masayuki Kono vs. MUSASHI & Seiki Yoshioka

12/1/2026 Butterfly Arena Tokorozawa (Tokorozawa Citizen Gymnasium) Sub Arena

• Real World Tag League – Block B: Ren Ayabe & Talos vs. Yuma Aoyagi & Yuma Anzai
• Real World Tag League – Block B: Hideki Suzuki & Timothy Thatcher vs. Cal Bloom & Shotaro Ashino
• Real World Tag League – Block B: Daisuke Sekimoto & Kengo Mashimo vs. Dan Tamura & Seigo Tachibana

12/6/2026 Tokyo Korakuen Hall

• Real World Tag League – Semi Final: Block A #1 vs. Block B #2
• Real World Tag League – Semi Final: Block A #2 vs. Block B #1
• Real World Tag League – Final:

This is the 49th year of the AJPW REAL WORLD TAG LEAGUE which began back in 1977.  The inaugural winners of the tournament were Terry Funk and Dory Funk Jr as they beat out the team of Giant Baba & Jumbo Tsuruta 14 points to 13.